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Weigh-ins took place today for UFC 160 "Velasquez vs. Bigfoot II" in Las Vegas, Nevada, and all of the nights fights are now set. But there were some fireworks getting there, and two fighters on the card failed to make weight on their initial attempts.
Lightweight Nah-Shon Burrell missed the allowed 171 overage for his bout with Stephen Thompson, but made it there on his second attempt. But lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov didn't even attempt to weigh-in a second time after coming in 2.5 lbs. over the allowable 156 lbs. To make things worse, he then shoved opponent Abel Trujillo hard, with the two needing to be forcibly separated after that.
On the main card, all of the night's competitors hit their mark, though both Mark Hunt and Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva neared the heavyweight limit of 265 lbs. Full weigh-in results are below:
Main Card
Cain Velasquez (240) vs. Antonio Silva (263)
Junior dos Santos (239) vs. Mark Hunt (264)
James Te Huna (206) vs. Glover Teixeira (205)
T.J. Grant (155) vs. Gray Maynard (156)
Donald Cerrone (155) vs. KJ Noons (156)
FX Prelims
Mike Pyle (170) vs. Rick Story (169)
Dennis Bermudez (146) vs. Max Holloway (145)
Colton Smith (170) vs. Robert Whittaker (171)
Khabib Nurmagomedov (158.5)* vs. Abel Trujillo (155)
Facebook Prelims
Nah-Shon Burrell (171)** vs. Stephen Thompson (170)
Brian Bowles (135) vs. George Roop (135)
Estevan Payan (145) vs. Jeremy Stephens (146)
* - Nurmagomedov forfeited 20% of his fight purse, ten of which goes to Trujillo
** - Burrell made weight on the second attempt
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